The New Yorker Obama Cover

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The electoral map for July may not be the electoral map in November. To break down the map you look at the polls. Polls show the race closer than most would have thought. The undecided voters and voters who change their vote will decide the election.

Rasmussen:

The poll results also show that Obama would have an easier go of it against two of McCain’s chief rivals for the Republican nomination. The presumptive Democratic nominee leads former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney by eight points 49% to 41% and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee 50% to 39%.

However, McCain fares better against Obama than he does against two other prominent Democrats. New York Senator Hillary Clinton leads McCain by eight points, 50% to 42%. Former Vice President Al Gore, the Democratic presidential nominee in 2000, leads McCain 50% to 43%.

These numbers help explain why Election 2008 is competitive even though events so heavily favor the Democrats -- because the Republicans are on course to nominate their strongest possible general election candidate but the Democrats are not. Perhaps even more importantly, the data suggests that voters don’t see a potential McCain Administration as the third term of President Bush.

In all five hypothetical match-ups featured in this article, the Democrat leads the Republican among unaffiliated voters. In the match-up between the two presumptive nominees, McCain holds a slight edge over Obama among those voters.
Trinity.....you're smart enough to know that national polls are not a great indicator of the outcome of the presidential election because it's essentially state by state race.....GWB beat Kerry by about 3% in the popular vote and it was a close election......anything that has a candidate 6% or more up portends an electoral landslide. Currently according to RCP obama has 255 electoral votes in states solid and leaning Democrat. The interesting part is the "toss-up" states according to RCP. These states are Nevada, Colorado,New mexico, Missouri, Indiana, Virginia, North Carolina, New Hampshire and Florida. These are ALL states where Obama is currently ahead in the polls or within low single digits and the MOE. All these add up to a total of 120 EV's......plus there is the enthusiasm gap between McCain and Obama......a full 70% of Obama supporters are "very Enthusiastic" about their choice whereas McCain shows only about 30% of his supporters are "very enthusiastic". If i were McCain i'd be very worried......Now go peddle your gloom at hillis44, noquarter, and Alegre's blog where you will be welcomed and affirmed.
 

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Trinity.....you're smart enough to know that national polls are not a great indicator of the outcome of the presidential election because it's essentially state by state race.....GWB beat Kerry by about 3% in the popular vote and it was a close election......anything that has a candidate 6% or more up portends an electoral landslide. Currently according to RCP obama has 255 electoral votes in states solid and leaning Democrat. The interesting part is the "toss-up" states according to RCP. These states are Nevada, Colorado,New mexico, Missouri, Indiana, Virginia, North Carolina, New Hampshire and Florida. These are ALL states where Obama is currently ahead in the polls or within low single digits and the MOE. All these add up to a total of 120 EV's......plus there is the enthusiasm gap between McCain and Obama......a full 70% of Obama supporters are "very Enthusiastic" about their choice whereas McCain shows only about 30% of his supporters are "very enthusiastic". If i were McCain i'd be very worried......Now go peddle your gloom at hillis44, noquarter, and Alegre's blog where you will be welcomed and affirmed.

The current polls, national and some state by state have a marginal lead for Obama with a good number of undecideds. Though Obama may lead McCain in the state or the state may be leaning Democratic...undecideds and voters who may switch their vote may sway the race - These are polls in July not actual results from November. Of course McCain is the underdog. McCain is the one running with the damaged brand...funny thing is. McCain isn't doing too bad inspite of everything being to Obama's advantage.

Like it fine right here...it seems to be an Obama characteristic and tactic to try to squash opposition, not by presenting better than the opposition but by removing them entirely from the competition. Obama likes the sound of his voice alone. And so do you.
 

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The fact that this is such a big deal is mostly because of the publication that produced it- The New Yorker, generally an extraordinarily respectable magazine, which is remarkably high-brow.

This shock-factor type of image is usually what lesser venues rely on to get attention... something which, coming from the hallowed New Yorker, is out of place, indeed shocking, and entirely inappropriate and unexpected.

That being said, the image itself is, i think, tasteless; but also quite clever. IT does very well to demonstrate what news outlets such as FOX News are trying to portray the Obamas as.. And some people really do believe it. But the way it is presented is totally out of line and over the top- because it is not only offensive to the obamas but it is offensive to strong black women everywhere, it is offensive to muslims everywhere, and it is offensive to African Americans in general as well.

For these reasons i would agree with the 'tasteless' sentiment... though not for the same reason as most Americans seem to be feeling-- Really, why is irony so difficult a thing for Americans to recognize?
 

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The cover has MAJOR problem as political satire. usually with a Political Satire cartoon, the artist tries to exaggerate something that is based in the truth.



The cartoon was aimed at the TRUTH of the way in which American conservative media have tried to portray Obama.

Everything IN the cartoon was reflective of something some jackass of a media pundit or reporter has SAID about Obama in subtle and not so subtle attempts to make White American voters afraid of him.

I saw the FOX reporter do a whole 3 minutes on the "terrorist fist bump" between Obama and his wife.

What? Terrorist fist bump? Yeah I see Bin Laden doing that in every tape....

The media has been brutal in overblowing every possible detail of Obama's campaign.... will fully perpetuating innuendo and rumor by even bringing up such ridiculous accusation as that he does not pledge allegiance to the US flag...

( as if a real covert terrorist would not be willing to lie about their patriotism...)

The sad fact is that the public is so stupid and unobservant as to think the cartoon is aimed at Obama...
And that the media doesn't even know when they have been publicly pantsed.